Port Orchard celebrates opening of DeKalb Pier

PORT ORCHARD - The city holds a ribbon-cutting for the newly upgraded DeKalb Pier at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Legislators and city officials will celebrate replacement of the viewing platform, shoring up of the structure and addition of light fixtures, seating and a handicapped-accessible ramp.

The city received $700,000 from the state's capital budget in 2011 for the project. A second phase, to replace the floating dock, is planned.

After the DeKalb celebration, festivities will continue at Westbay Center shopping plaza, where a segment of the Bay Street Pedestrian Pathway was recently completed. The first segment of the pathway, at the Port Orchard Marina, opened this summer. The pathway eventually will extend to Annapolis and is being completed in phases as the city gains funding and right of way.